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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1964, chapter 635; in 1996, chapters 672<\/a> and 689<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>; in 2023, chapters 756<\/a> and 778<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66461,"section_number":"13.1-543","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-543\/"},{"id":76294,"section_number":"2.2-106","catch_line":"Appointment of agency heads; disclosure of resumes; severance","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-106\/"},{"id":67962,"section_number":"2.2-1520","catch_line":"Certain funds established","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1520\/"},{"id":56640,"section_number":"23.1-1006","catch_line":"Management agreement; contents and scope","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1006\/"},{"id":65904,"section_number":"23.1-1015","catch_line":"Covered institutions; operational authority; financial operations; power to issue bonds, notes, or other obligations","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1015\/"},{"id":73472,"section_number":"23.1-1205","catch_line":"Powers; purchase or sale of bonds or other obligations of eligible institutions","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1205\/"},{"id":71294,"section_number":"23.1-213","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-213\/"},{"id":56205,"section_number":"23.1-2212","catch_line":"Operations of Medical Center","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-2212\/"},{"id":74161,"section_number":"23.1-226","catch_line":"Exemptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-226\/"},{"id":74493,"section_number":"23.1-2309","catch_line":"Operations of Medical Center","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-2309\/"},{"id":85796,"section_number":"24.2-416.3","catch_line":"Distribution of mail voter registration application forms","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-416.3\/"},{"id":60011,"section_number":"25.1-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-100\/"},{"id":85471,"section_number":"59.1-148.3","catch_line":"Purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-148.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":59984,"section_number":"23.1-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":185643,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55320,"identifier":"23.1-1100","token":"23.1\/III\/11\/23.1-1100","url":"\/23.1-1100\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-1100\/","token":"23.1\/III\/11\/23.1-1100","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-1100","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board” means the members of the board of visitors, board of trustees, or other governing board<\/span> of an institution.\n\t\t“Bond<\/span>” means any bond<\/span>, note, or other evidence<\/span> of indebtedness or obligation of an institution issued by an institution pursuant to this chapter.\n\t\t“Erect<\/span>” includes building, constructing, reconstructing, erecting, demolishing, extending, bettering, equipping, installing, modifying, and improving.\n\t\t“Institution” means each public institution of higher education<\/span>, as that term is defined in \u00a7 23.1-100<\/a>, the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, the New College Institute, the Roanoke Higher Education Authority, the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center, the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, and the Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center.\n\t\t“Project<\/span>” means (i) any (a) building, facility, addition, extension, or improvement of a capital nature that is necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of an institution, including administration and teaching facilities, lecture and exhibition halls, libraries, dormitories, student apartments, faculty dwellings, dining halls, cafeterias, snack bars, laundries, hospitals, laboratories, research centers, infirmaries, field houses, gymnasiums, auditoriums, student unions, recreation centers, stadiums, athletics facilities, garages, parking facilities, warehouses and storage buildings, and book and student supplies centers, or (b) building, land, appurtenance, furnishing, or equipment necessary or desirable in connection with or incidental to a project<\/span> or (ii) any personal property at an institution.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 23.1-1100)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board” means the members of the board of visitors, board of\ntrustees, or other governing board of an institution.\n\t\t“Bond” means any bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness or\nobligation of an institution issued by an institution pursuant to this chapter.\n\t\t“Erect” includes building, constructing, reconstructing, erecting,\ndemolishing, extending, bettering, equipping, installing, modifying, and\nimproving.\n\t\t“Institution” means each public institution of higher education,\nas that term is defined in \u00a7 23.1-100, the Institute for Advanced Learning and\nResearch, the New College Institute, the Roanoke Higher Education Authority, the\nSouthern Virginia Higher Education Center, the Southwest Virginia Higher\nEducation Center, the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, and the Wilson\nWorkforce and Rehabilitation Center.\n\t\t“Project” means (i) any (a) building, facility, addition,\nextension, or improvement of a capital nature that is necessary or convenient to\ncarry out the purposes of an institution, including administration and teaching\nfacilities, lecture and exhibition halls, libraries, dormitories, student\napartments, faculty dwellings, dining halls, cafeterias, snack bars, laundries,\nhospitals, laboratories, research centers, infirmaries, field houses,\ngymnasiums, auditoriums, student unions, recreation centers, stadiums, athletics\nfacilities, garages, parking facilities, warehouses and storage buildings, and\nbook and student supplies centers, or (b) building, land, appurtenance,\nfurnishing, or equipment necessary or desirable in connection with or incidental\nto a project or (ii) any personal property at an institution.\n\nHISTORY: 1933, p. 83, \u00a7 23-15; 1946, p. 184; 1964, c. 635; 1996, cc. 672, 689;\n2016, c. 588; 2023, cc. 756, 778.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}